"The Springhill Disaster" lyrics

In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia
Down in the dark of the Cumberland mine
There's blood on the coal and the miners lie
In roads that never saw sun nor sky
Roads that never saw sun nor sky

In the town of Springhill, you don't sleep easy
Often the earth will tremble and roll
When the earth is restless, miners die
Bone and blood is the price of coal
Bone and blood is the price of coal

In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia
Late in the year of '58
The day still comes and the sand still shines
But it's dark as the grate in the Cumberland mine
Dark as the grate in the Cumberland mine

3 days passed when the lamps gave out
And Caleb rushed and got up and said
"We've no more water or light or bread
So we'll live on songs and hope instead
We live on songs and hope instead"

Listen for the shout of the black-faced miners
Listen through the rubble for the rescue teams
Three hundred tonnes of coal and slag
Hope imprisoned in the three foot sea
Hope imprisoned in the three foot sea

12 days passed and the some were rescued
Leaving the dead to lie alone
Through all their days they dug a grave
2 miles of earth is a marking stone
2 miles of earth is a marking stone